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CORSETl` Patented Aug. 4, 1885.

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xaowwwm?.000009000000 00 Y000000 00000 00000 a. I, 00 00000 @fill :Ettes'lt Qll/ewtar; y *Mew UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLOTTE A. MOGEE, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE CORO- NET CORSET COMPANY,'OF SAME PLACE.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,706, dated August 4, 1885.

(No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLOTTE A. MCGEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a corset having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line x x, Fig. 1.

The invention relates to certain'novel features, which will be hereinafter specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings, A represents one of the front sections,in the lower part of which may be formed an opening or slit provided with the usual lacing. The corset-front is provided with a number of bones or steels, A', which are inserted in pockets in the usual manner, the pockets being formed between the two layers of material by lines of stitching. At the front edge of section Ais a busk, D, provided with loops (l, adapted to engage with hooks, studs, or buttons upon the corresponding busk at the front edge of the opposite section.

to is a supplemental bone-pocket formed of a piece of fabric separate and apart from the fabric of which the section Ais made, and secured by a line of stitching at one edge of the. pocket to the rear edge` of the front section, along a line adjacent to the side section, and also adjacent to the stiffening-strips A. The pocket is closed at its lower end, preferably by means of the binding C; but it need not be included at its lower end within said binding. The pocket is open at its upper end for the reception of the bone or steel, as shown in Fig. l at a', one thickness of fabric being broken away to show the upper end of the steel; and it will be readily understood that The bone or steel may be withdrawn from the pocket at any time ifthe wearer so desires, asit is in the nature of a supplemental stay, whereby the stiffness of the corset can be regulated at the option of the wearer.

I am aware that it is old to provide a corset along its front edges with open-end pockets adapted to receive supplemental busks, and also that flaps, either with or without stiffening devices, have been employed at the same places on a corset in order to protect the wearer from the clasping-busks.

E E F is the side piece of the corset. The portions E E are cut on the bias of the cloth, as indicated in the drawings, the intermediate portion, F, being cut straight with the grain of the cloth and provided with two or more pockets, in which are inserted cords e e.

The pieces E E may be cut of any desired width at their lower ends, relative to their widths near their centers or upper ends, in order to produce the desired iiare at the lower part ofthe corset; and it will be readily understood that by reason of these parts E E being cut on the bias of the cloth the corset will much more readily conform to and assume the desired shape than if these pieces were cut with the grain ofthe cloth,while the employment,in combination therewith, of the central piece, F, which is corded, will impart sufficient stiffness topreventunduewrinkling,andthereforemake it comfortable for the wearer. It will be seen that the surfaces of the bias pieces E E are uninterrupted from edge to edge-that is, not crossed in any direction either by stitching or stiffening devices',which,as will be understood, would prevent the usefulness ofthe pieces E; and when I employ the term uninterrupted surfaces 7 in connection with these bias pieces I mean that they are not crossed either with stitches, stiffeners, or otherwise, so as to prevent the stretching or elastic action of the cloth.

I am aware that side pieces of corsets have been cut on the bias and of such length as to overlap the hip of the wearer, and that such bias pieces have been found desirable so far as regards their flexibility and elasticity. But I have discovered that in practice, when such side pieces have been made of much greater length than those shown in my Patent No. 194,045, they are subject to transverse wrin- TOO KCA

kies; hence the necessity for adopting` some means for preventing such wrinkling; and I have found that by making each side piece of three meinbersthat is to say, a central menr ber cut with the grain and two adjacent members cut bias-and then cordng the central member, I can overcome this defect without materially interfering with the desired flexibility and elasticity.

l. In a corset, the combination, with the back section and the side section, of a frontsection, A, provided near its rear edge adjacent to the side section with a stiflening,` strip or strips, A, and a supplemental open pocket secured to the rear edge of the front section along a line adjacent to the side section and to the stiffeners A', and adapted to receive a sti'iening-strip which can be removed and replaced at will, substantially as set forth.

2. In a corset, in combination with the front section and the back section, the hip portion consisting1 of the pieces E E cut on the bias of the cloth andV having uninterrupted surfaces from edge to edge, and the piece F between the two pieces Il, cnt with the thread of the cloth and provided with stiffening,` devices, whereby the hip-section is rendered elastic by reason ofthe pieces E cut on the bias, and is prevented from Wrinkling,` by the stiffened piece F, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLOTTE A. WICGEE.

Witnesses:

Crus. K. MCGEE, MELVILLE MCGEE. 

